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her with a shake of his head, his mouth half-open as he fought for words. The men behind him went
dead-silent for a moment, then all began talking in a gabble of surprise until their leader shouted at them
to be quiet.
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тАЬIt seems discourteous in the extreme to ask you for some proof, but given the circumstances . . . тАЭ

Jill smiled, flung up one hand, and called upon the Spirits of Aethyr. In a blaze and stream of bluish light
they flocked to her and made her hand and arm blaze with etheric fire far brighter than a torch. All round
them Wildfolk swarmed into manifestation and spread out on the beach like an army.

тАЬForgive me for doubting you.тАЭ The elven leader bowed deep. тАЬMy name is Elamanderiel, and in the
name of the Light, I bid you welcome.тАЭ



When Dallandra left Jill, she followed the sun road until the gold faded and the dappled tiles gave way to
daffodils blooming by a stream. Following the stream uphill led her back past the circle of stones, through
the mists, and down the long road by the sea whose waves broke on every shore and none of them. At
length she made her way back to the river and found the Host scattered across the meadow and dancing,
as if nothing troubling had ever happened in these lands. Under the young oak tree that hid his daughter,
Evandar was sitting in the grass and playing sour notes on a bone whistle, about six inches long and
bleached dead-white.

тАЬOdd little trinket,тАЭ he remarked. тАЬI found it lying over there, in among the bushes, as if someone had
dropped it by mistake. What do you think it is, my love?тАЭ

тАЬOh, ych! It looks like it was made from an elven finger.тАЭ

тАЬDoesnтАЩt it? What is it? Two joints somehow glued together? No, but itтАЩs much too long for a single
joint.тАЭ He held his own hand against it in illustration. тАЬI wondered what it would call up, you see, but so
far, naughtтАЩs appeared in answer to my playing.тАЭ

тАЬPerhaps itтАЩs just as well. It gives me the strangest feeling, seeing it, and a worse one to hear it call. I
wish youтАЩd just smash it.тАЭ

тАЬI would, except itтАЩs a riddle, and I think me a good one at that,тАЭ He tossed it into the air, seemed to
catch it, but when he opened his hand it was gone. тАЬNow I know where it lies, but no one else does, and
so IтАЩve covered a riddle with a riddle.тАЭ

тАЬI canтАЩt imagine any of your people making such a thing.тАЭ

тАЬIndeed, no, and so I wonder: who dropped it here, and why were they prowling beside my river? I
think me weтАЩd best tend to our borders.тАЭ

All at once they were no longer alone. Like flames leaping out of the ground, soldiers of the Host were
gathering round himтАФhow many, she couldnтАЩt tellтАФin a glitter of coppery-colored mail and helmets,